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BLUEST OF BLUE BIRDS 


O NCE upon a time, when the world was 
new, and wishing was having, there 
lived a youth called Pablo. This youth was 
a bird-cage maker. 

Pablo lived in a little tumble-down house 
in a little tumble-down village. 

He would work at making bird-cages for a 
few days and then he would take them to the 
neighboring villages and sell them. 

But his trade was a poor one. He judged 
himself in luck if he sold one cage in a day. 
As may be supposed, he knew what sorrow 
and poverty were. 

One day as he was proceeding to a village 
he heard sounds of merry-making. He heard 
the buzz of many people, and the strains of 
a band of music. 

This merry-making was a procession of 
children dressed in white. They were carry- 



“This merry-making was a procession of children dressed in 
white” 


ing in their midst a beautiful little girl 
crowned with roses. She was seated in a 
chariot covered with white satin and deco¬ 
rated with beautiful flowers and evergreens. 

This procession of children was a May- 
Party. The little girl crowned with roses 

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was the May Queen. They were celebrating 
May Day. 

In front of the little chariot a number of 
children danced. They held in their hands 
tin platters for gifts of money. As may be 
imagined, all, or nearly all, the spectators 
dropped their coins into the platters. 

Pablo moved away from them in a sad 
frame of mind, saying to himself as he 
walked on: “Is this the .justice of the world? 
There they are flinging their money into 
these platters just because these children 
come in procession to announce to them that 
it is the month of May. 

“They act as though they could not find out 
that it is May by looking in the almanac. 
They barter and grind me down to the lowest 
price for my cages, even when I chance to 
sell one.” 

Full of these bitter thoughts he walked on 
sadly. The voice of a very great enemy, 
hunger, was making itself heard within him. 

He had nothing in his wallet but his clasp- 

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knife. He had had 
nought for his break¬ 
fast but hopes, and 
these made him sharp 
and active. 

As he walked along 
with these bitter 
thoughts he saw a well- 
dressed man coming to¬ 
wards him. Pressed by 
wallet but his ciasp-knije’- hunger, Pablo, taking 
his hat off politely, approached the man and 
said: “Excuse me, sir, but could you give me 
a trifle? I promise I will return it as soon 
as I earn some money.” 

“Don’t you think it is a shameful thing for 
a man like you, young and strong, to be 
begging of people? Does it not strike you 
that you have a duty to earn your living by 
working at your trade?” 

“Yes, sir, certainly, but my trade does not 



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fulfil its own duty. Most people like to see 
the birds flying about free rather than in 
cages. Therefore, day by day, I find myself 
poorer than before.” 

At first the stranger doubted what he 
heard. The bird-cage maker, however, gave 
him a careful account of his work, and of the 
small profits he made. The stranger soon 
became interested and sympathized with his 
ill-fortune. Pablo was a man who always 
knew how to get other people interested in 
himself. 

“Come, come,” said the stranger, smiling, 
“I will do something for you. I cannot find 
buyers for your bird-cages, but I can help 
you in another way. I cannot give you 
money, but I will give you something that is 
more valuable. If you use this help I give 
you rightly you shall never more be in want.” 

The stranger then took out a fife and 
played a few notes clear and sweet, that 
sounded like the song of a bird. 

Pablo saw flying before him a bird, blue as 

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the sky, which came and perched on one of 
his cages. 

“See here,” added the stranger, “is a gift 
that will make up for all your past misery. 
From this day forth you have only to wish for 
what you want. Then say slowly and clearly: 
‘Bluest of blue birds, do your duty!’ and your 
wish will be granted to you. Take care, how¬ 
ever, you do not wish for money. Anything 
else except money will be granted.” 

“By my faith!” cried Pablo, “but I will try 
it at once. For the last twenty years I have 
wished to have all I can eat. ‘Bluest of blue 
birds, do your duty!’” 

At once there was spread before him on the 
grass a breakfast fit for a prince. This de¬ 
licious meal was served in beautiful dishes of 
silver and glass, all placed upon the whitest 
of cloths. Pablo was so surprised that he 
flung himself upon his knees before the 
stranger to thank him. 

The stranger raised him up, saying: “I am 
the good helper of the honest working people 



“He flung himself upon his knees to thank him” 




























of this country. Sit down and eat without 
fear. Make good use of your Lucky Star. 
Please remember, do not wish for money. If 
you want money you must work for it.” Then 
the stranger disappeared as if he had sunk 
into the ground. 

Pablo could not find words to express his 
thanks but he knelt down and kissed the 
place where the stranger had stood. 

He then sat down and ate his breakfast. 
After his fine meal, he began to take note of 
his old suit of clothes. Said he, “I wish to 
have a better suit than these old well-worn 
working clothes. I wish also for a fine horse 
to ride.” Lifting his staff up, he cried, 
“Bluest of blue birds, do your duty.” 

In an instant his old suit changed into one 
of richest velvet, trimmed in gold and silver. 
His rough staff changed into a splendid 
horse, saddled and bridled, and having round 
its neck a collar of silver bells. 

Pablo was so surprised at what had hap¬ 
pened that he could scarcely get his breath 
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for a few moments. Finally he fastened the 
cage with the blue bird to the saddle. He 
leaped on the horse and rode away. As he 
rode along he took time to look himself over. 
He was as proud of his new clothes as a 
donkey is of its ears. 

He said to himself, “Now I will go forth in 
search of adventure. I don’t think I shall 
need to w r ork any more. True, I haven’t any 
money. According to this gift I can get 
money only by working for it. Why should 
I have money? The bird will give me what¬ 
ever I want. So I don’t need any money.” 

But he could not get the matter of money 
out of his mind. The more he thought about 
it, the more he wanted money. He said to 
himself, “I am too high up in the world now 
to think about working. So I must manage 
to get money in some other way. I must hear 
the sound of coins jingling in my pockets.” 

His new horse was a fine one and traveled 
very fast. He soon reached the gates of a 
splendid castle. A feast was taking place 


within. The guests were all seated under a 
shady bower. 

They had been disappointed in the mu¬ 
sicians who were to have played. The lord of 
the castle was very sorry that the musicians 
had disappointed them. Said he, “Music is 
the only thing lacking to make a perfect 
day.” 

Now this lord of the castle was an old 
miser. He paid the musicians so poorly that 
they did not wish to play for his parties. 
That is the reason they had not come. 

“It is really too bad to be disappointed in 
this manner,” said the lord of the castle. 
“Those musicians do not appreciate the large 
fees I have been giving them.” 

Pablo, on hearing this, advanced to the 
bower. He very politely bowed to the lord 
and lady of the castle. 

Then in a most polite manner he said: 

“If it be right for a simple knight to offer 
to assist such a noted company of rank and 
beauty, I think I can promise to provide 



“Desired him to open the hall with his eldest daughter” 




















delightful and appropriate music for you.” 

“Oh, do at once, please!” cried all the ladies 
who were longing to dance. 

“Bluest of blue birds, do your duty!” said 
Pablo. 

Suddenly in the distance was heard the 
noise of many feet. A troop of musicians 
with their instruments soon appeared, to the 
great delight of the company. 

The lord of the castle thanked the stranger 
warmly, and desired him to open the ball 
with his eldest daughter, a maiden fair and 
lovely, like a snow bird. 

When the ball was at its height, Pablo 
ordered an elegant banquet to be served. 
During the banquet the bluest of blue birds 
sang beautiful songs, which were much ad¬ 
mired by the company. 

Games of chance followed, and Pablo, tak¬ 
ing advantage of his good fortune, dis¬ 
tributed among the ladies pearls, bracelets, 
and rings of precious stones. All those 
present were surprised beyond measure, be- 

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cause the lord of the castle was known to be 
very miserly. 

But the lord of the castle knew that all this 
had been done by the bluest of blue birds. 
This lord, being very stingy and greedy, 
thought he might do a fine stroke of business 
were he to purchase the bird. 

Hence, calling Pablo away to his study, he 
proposed to him to purchase the bird for 
what price he should quote. 

“You would never give me my price,” re¬ 
plied Pablo. 

“For it I will give you one hundred thou¬ 
sand dollars,” said the lord of the castle. 

“It is not enough.” 

“Very well, I will add two hundred thou¬ 
sand more.” 

“That is still not enough,” cried Pablo. 

“I will make it one million dollars then!” 

“I want something else!” 

“What, still more? Why, man, you must 
want paradise itself!” 

“Hot so; I want what you can give me this 
is 


very moment. I want your daughter with 
whom I danced just now! Let her be my 
bride in addition to the million dollars. The 
million will keep us nicely.” 

“What! my daughter!” cried the old miser 
with very great joy. “By my faith, we shall 
soon conclude the bargain. Why did you not 
say so before? We shall celebrate the wed¬ 
ding tomorrow.” 

He soon found his daughter, and told her 
of the engagement he had made for her. But 
she was greatly surprised and cried out: “But 
what if he is a wicked elf, and all he does be 
witchcraft?” 

“You have a chain of coral hanging from 
your neck. It is a sure proof against all 
witchery.” 

“And what if he be the prince of evil him¬ 
self?” 

“I will hang another chain of coral about 
your neck, and he will have no power over 
you,” replied the old miser. 

He bade her get ready for the wedding 
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which he had planned for the next day. He 
then called his treasurer and told him to 
count out a million dollars, and have it ready 
to deliver to Pablo. 

It took the treasurer 
and his assistants quite a 
little time to count out so 
much money. They were 
fortunate to have many 
large bills and large gold 
pieces. The money was 
finally piled in a heap on 
a large table. Pablo was 
shown the heap of money, 
million times as much money as he had ever 
seen at one time in his whole life. 

But he did not show his great surprise at 
seeing so much money. He acted as if he 
were used to being rich. 

Arrangements were made for him to de¬ 
liver the bluest of blue birds to the lord of 

thp castle the next day just before the wed- 
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“I unll Jiang another 
chain of coral about 
your neck” 


This was about a 


ding. At that time, also, he should receive in 
exchange his million dollars. 

Pablo had announced his name to the lord 
of the castle as being Sir Don Pablo, Knight 
of the Lucky Star. This name sounded very 
fine on the wedding invitations that were 
sent out that evening to a number of dis¬ 
tinguished friends of the lord and lady of the 
castle. 

The magic horse of Sir Don was carefully 
taken care of by the lord’s groom. Sir Don 
himself was lodged in the most beautiful 
loom of the castle. He took personal charge 
of his bluest of blue birds. He hung the cage 
on the bed-post. He was very careful not to 
let this great prize get out of his sight. 

He was so happy he could not sleep that 
night. Said he to himself, a Did anyone ever 
have such luck? I can hardly believe all this 
is real. A million dollars tomorrow, and the 
most beautiful bride in the world! With a 
million dollars I am sure we shall never want 
for anything. As often as I put my hands in 


my pockets there will be money at the 
bottom.” 

Morning finally came, and with it a most 
perfect day. All were up bright and early to 
get ready for the wedding which was to hap¬ 
pen at two o’clock. 

Sir Don called on the bluest of blue birds 
for a fine wedding suit. When he was decked 
out in the suit furnished, he certainly looked 
the part of Sir Don Pablo, Knight of the 
Lucky Star. 

He ordered the bluest of blue birds to fur¬ 
nish a wedding outfit for the bride that should 
be the most beautiful that ever graced a bride 
in all the world before. The outfit furnished 
was of such dazzling beauty of silk and 
jewels, that when one beheld it he was 
obliged to go outside and look at the sun to 
rest his eyes. 

It was near two o’clock. All the noted 
guests were assembled. A real bishop, who 
was to perform the ceremony, had arrived. 

The time had now come for Sir Don to de- 


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liver the bluest of blue birds over to the lord 
of the castle, and receive his million dollars 
in return. 

It had been arranged to make this ex¬ 
change just before the wedding ceremony. 
The money was to be packed upon the back 
of the magic horse. Then after the ceremony 
Sir Don and his bride were to mount the 
horse and ride away. 

The lord of the castle called the guests 
together to witness the exchange. The mil¬ 
lion dollars was carefully packed in great 
saddle-bags and placed on Sir Don’s magic 
horse. 

Then Sir Don took the cage containing the 
bluest of blue birds, and, with great polite¬ 
ness, delivered it into the hands of the lord 
of the castle. 

What do you think happened? 

The wedding guests were all gathered in 
little groups discussing the wonderful pow¬ 
ers of the bird and all the events which had 
taken place. 


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“He was nearly struck dumb to find that it was not blue at all” 


“Peace! peace!” cried the lord of the castle. 
“I now possess the bluest of blue birds, and 
I will perform more wonderful things than 
ever did Sir Don. Approach and see the 

'wonders I will work with it.” 

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This old miserly lord had made the ar¬ 
rangement to have this bird delivered to him 
just before the wedding ceremony so he could 
command it to furnish the wedding dinner. 

He now took the cage and lifting it up to 
look at the bird, was nearly struck dumb to 
find that it was not blue at all, but was a large 
gray owl. It turned and stared at the lord 
in a frightful manner, and gave a fierce peck 
at the door of the cage with its beak, and 
flung it open. Then it flew out of the window 
with a terrible screech. 

The lord of the castle stood with open 
mouth, not knowing what to do or say. His 
guests broke out in peals of laughter at his 
confusion and well-deserved punishment for 
his exchanging a million dollars and his 
beautiful daughter for a worthless bird. 

In a moment the old miser recovered 
enough to bethink himself of Sir Don, the 
magic horse, and the million dollars. The 
magic horse with the million dollars loaded 

on his back had disappeared as if it had 
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“Sir Don was more than a mile from the castle-grounds in five 

minutes ’ 7 

















sunk into the ground or become thin air. 

There stood Sir Don Pablo, Knight of the 
Lucky Star, dressed in the very same old 
clothes he wore before he saw the Lucky 
Star. He also held the same old staff in his 
hand. He was again Pablo, the bird-cage 
maker. He had not used his gift rightly and 
his good luck completely vanished. 

The lord of the castle cried out in great 
anger at Pablo, calling him the prince of evil. 
He bade him leave his presence quickly and 
forever. In order to hasten him away, the 
lord commanded his butler and treasurer to 
take hazel switches and use them lively upon 
Sir Don. 

This they did with such good effect that 
Sir Don was more than a mile from the castle 
grounds in less than five minutes. 

He went back to his little tumble-down 
house in the little tumble-down village. He 
worked at the same trade in the same way, 
and was as poor and hungry as ever. 

And was the fair and lovely daughter sorry 

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that she missed wedding Sir Don? Not at all. 
Her beautiful fairy wedding outfit remained 
with her, and she had use for it in a short 
time. She married an honest, handsome 
youth whom she dearly loved, and they lived 
happily forever afterwards. 


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THE STORY OF BRUNHILDA 


I N the good old days of long ago there lived 
a lad, named Siegfried, who dearly loved 
adventure. 

One day, as he stood in the forest wonder¬ 
ing what enterprise he should start upon 
next, he heard the birds singing of a moun¬ 
tain far away, where a maiden named Brun- 
hilda lay in an enchanted sleep, surrounded 
by a ring of magic flames. Here she must 
slumber until there should appear a man 
strong and brave enough to dash through 
the flames and waken her with a kiss. 

Siegfried determined to journey to the 
mountain at once. So he saddled his horse, 
which was a strong, faithful creature, and 
rode away to seek the sleeping maiden. 

Many days and nights he wandered, and at 
length, early one morning, as he ascended the 

highlands, he saw a rosy glow in the dis- 

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tanee, which grew ever brighter and 
brighter. 

“The rising sun,” he said to himself, but he 
knew that it was not the rising sun. On and 
on he rode, and ever brighter and brighter 
grew the sky, until at length he came upon 
the flames themselves, and he knew that he 
had reached his .journey’s end. 

As Siegfried drew nearer, he could hear 
the crackling of the flames, and when his 
horse saw the fire, the animal reared up on 
its hind legs, and snorted in terror. But 
Siegfried knew no fear. Putting spurs to 
his horse, he boldly forced it through the 
flames, and, lo! both horse and rider passed 
through unharmed. 

Before Siegfried’s eyes was a wondrous 
sight. On the mountain stood a castle, the 
strangest ever seen, for it was built entirely 
of green marble, as were all the buildings 
round it; and there, on the grassy slope be¬ 
fore the castle, lay a young warrior, clad in 
shining armor, with a helmet on his head. 

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Siegfried went up to him, to ask him where 
he might find the maiden. But the warrior 
was sunk in slumber, and made no reply 
when Siegfried spoke. Siegfried shook him 
roughly, to waken him, but he still slept on. 
Then Siegfried opened the young man’s visor 
and removed his helmet. What was his sur¬ 
prise to find, within, the long fair hair and 
rosy face of a beautiful woman! 

This, then, was Brunhilda; it could be no 
other. Bending over her, he pressed a kiss 
lightly on her lips. Immediately Brunhilda 
awoke, and thanked the young hero for 
breaking the magic spell which bound her. 
Then, as they sat together in the marble 
palace, Brunhilda told her story. 

She was one of Wotan’s eight daughters 
who were called Walkyries. They were 
beautiful goddesses of immense size and 
strength, and used to follow Wo tan when he 
went into battle. Occasionally, when two 
knights or two countries battled against each 
other, they would award the palm of victory 


to one or the other. It was also their duty 
to carry all slain heroes to Walhalla, the 
beautiful palace of Wotan. 

One day Brunhilda disobeyed her father’s 
orders, and awarded the victory to the hero 
whom Wotan wished overthrown. Wotan 
was very angry, and as a punishment he 
forbade her to dwell among the gods and 
goddesses, and declared that never again 
should she set foot in Walhalla. Further¬ 
more, he would cause her to wed a mortal 
man, thus becoming a mortal woman, instead 
of a goddess. 

Brunhilda was overcome with grief, as 
were all of her sisters. They all pleaded 
with Wotan not to punish her in this way. 
But he had already pronounced sentence 
upon her, and could not retract his word. 
Then Brunhilda wept piteously, and begged 
him at least to grant that her husband might 
be a hero. This he promised, and then dis¬ 
closed his plan. 

He would sink her in a magic sleep, and 

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would order Loki, the fire-god, to kindle 
some magic flames, which were to encircle 
her. She was to slumber until awakened by 
a man brave enough to go through fire for 
her sake. “And,” continued Wotan, “of 
course only a hero would show such courage.” 
Then he assured her that when the hero came 
he should be unharmed by the ring of fire. 

And so, with streaming eyes, Brunhilda 
bade her sisters a long farewell. Never 
again, so long as she lived, would she behold 
them. Wotan was deeply touched when he 
saw her grief, and with a last tender kiss 
upon her beautiful brow, he laid her on the 
grassy slope, and pronounced the magic 
words which bound her. 

Siegfried remained for a long time with 
Brunhilda in the green castle. He then 
started for home, promising her that he 
would return and marry her, as soon as he 
had visited his parents, whom he felt he had 
treated very cruelly. 

Brunhilda replied that she, too, thought 

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that he ought to visit his mother and father, 
but that he must promise to return as soon 
as he had done so. He readily promised, 
and sealed his pledge by placing his magic 
ring upon her finger. Then he set out for 
Niederland. 



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2932 The Story of Granite, Copper and 

Zinc. 

2901 The Story of Abraham Lincoln. 

2933 The Story of Marble and Slate. 

2920 The Story of Washington. 

2934 The Story of Fruit. 

2914 The Story of Benjamin Franklin. 

2935 Norse Heroes. 

2908 A Longfellow Booklet. 

2936 Norse Myths. 

2838 The Bluest of Blue Birds. 

2937 Norse Legends. 

2902 The Norse Seamen and Christo¬ 

pher Columbus. 

2915 The Story of the Revolution. 

2909 Henry Hudson and Other Explor¬ 

ers. 

2916 Miss Alcott’s Boys. 

2910 Orioles, Bobolinks and other Birds. 
2923 Famous Poems of Famous Poets— 

For Fourth and Fifth Grades. 

2917 Grace Darling and Florence Night¬ 

ingale. 


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Fifth and Sixth Grades 

No. 

2938 The Story of Gold and Silver. 

2911 The Story of Jeanne (Joan)D’Arc. 

3020 The Story of Our Flag. 

2923 Famous Poems of Famous Poets— 

For Fourth and Fifth Grades. 

2939 The Story of Oil. 

2905 The Three Golden Apples. 

2940 Longfellow’s Poems. 

2924 The Story of Electricity* 

3002 Rab and His Friends. 

2918 William McKinley. 

3021 The Great Stone Face. 

2912 The Discovery of America. 

2943 The Story of Paper, Pens, Pencils, 

etc. 

3019 The Story of Steam. 

2944 The Story of Printing. 

3013 Father Marquette. 

2945 The Story of Newspapers and 

Books. 

3007 The Miraculous Pitcher. 

3025 The Story of Robinhood. 

3001 The Story of La Salle. 

Sixth and Seventh Grades 

No. 

3026 The Story of Motors. 

3014 Famous Poems of Famous Poets— 

For Sixth Grade. 

3016 Rip Van Winkle and Author’s Ac¬ 
count of Himself. 

3008 The King of The Golden River. 

3027 The Story of Glass. 

2941 The Golden Fleece. 

3028 The Meat-Packing Industry. 

2942 Whittier’s Poems. 

3029 Tennyson’s Poems. 

3015 The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. 

3030 Lamb’s Tales from Shakespeare-—* 

Part I. 

3031 Lamb’s Tales from Shakespeare— 

Part II. 


3009 The Pied Piper of Hamlin and 

Other Poems. 

3011 The Song of Hiawatha—Abridged. 

3003 The Snow-I mage. 

3032 Primitive Travel and Transporta¬ 

tion. 

3022 The Courtship of Miles Standtsh. 

3033 The Story of Ships and Shipping. 
3024 Famous Poems of Famous Poets— 

For Seventh Grade. 

3034 Ocean Routes and Navigation. 

Seventh and Eighth Grades 

No. 

3035 American Railway Systems. 

3018 The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. 

3010 Evangeline. 

3036 Horatius at the Bridge, and Other 

Poems. 

3012 The Cotter’s Saturday Night and 

Other Poems. 

3037 Lowell’s Poems. 

3004 Thanatopsis and Other Poems. 

3006 The Deserted Village (Goldsmith) 

and Gray’s Elegy. 

3038 Washington’s Farewell Address 

and Other Papers. 

3122 The Vision of Sir Launfal and 
Other Poems. 

3039 Prisoner of Chillon and Other 

Poems. 

3017 Snow-Bound and the Corn Song. 
3115 The Magna Charts. 

3040 Sir Roger De Coverley Papers. 

3041 Carrying the U. S. Mail. 

3108 Speeches by Lincoln. 

3005 Enoch Arden. 

3101 Sohrab and Rustum. 

3042 Navigating the Air—Electric Rait~ 

ways. 

3107 Famous Poems of Famous Poet s * - 
Eighth Grade. 


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